Since Monday, I’ve been
taking a class called "Ninja". Not Ninja in the physical sense, but
Ninja in the mental sense. Among other things, it's about having a plan along
with "eye of the tiger", laser focus, to get to where you want to be.
It's about coming up with better systems and improving discipline to accomplish
your goals. All week long my classmates and I have had several
"ah-ha" moments, epiphanies, if you will, leading us to thoughts of
how to do things better by working smarter, not harder, to achieve the goals we
set for ourselves. (And by the way, we were challenged to create goals that
required us to stretch beyond what we thought we were capable of achieving.)
On Monday, the first day of class, we watched a video clip from a news program that aired a couple years ago featuring the mother of one of the 9/11 victims, Ann Nelson. In the interview, she shared that when she had received her daughters personal items after the tragic event, it took her a long time to have the courage to look at what was in the box. Among those items was her daughter's laptop computer. The mother struggled for a very long time as to whether she wanted to open the computer and read what was inside. Eventually she did turn the computer on and found a list her daughter had created. It was her bucket list. It was her list of goals and dreams. It was a list of the things she wanted to accomplish during her lifetime. Two of these goals were to learn to ski and the other was to help other people. Turning a huge tragedy into a positive gift, along with the help of "New York Says Thank You", and hundreds of thousands of volunteers, "Annie's House" was built. It is an 11,000 square foot ski lodge built to accommodate and teach disabled children and US troops to ski.
So one of the things that we've learned this week is to start each morning focusing on what we are grateful for. This has been one of my greatest takeaways this week. Think of all the things that you're grateful for, first thing in the morning when you wake up. See if that doesn't get your day off to a great start! Having an attitude of gratitude WILL change the tone and outcome of your entire day. By having your own bucket list of things that you'd like to have, be, do or accomplish… Gives you something to be excited about, giving your days and activities laser sharp, "eye-of-the-tiger" focus, drive, and purpose.
So as we think about 9/11 today, and the tragedy that took so many lives, take a moment to reflect and think about what you're grateful for. Think of how some people were able to turn something so horrific into something that continues to give to others in the years that followed the tragic event on September 11, 2001-a day that started out as any other day of the week. A day that eventually changed our country forever.
What's on your bucket list and what are you going to focus on today?
On Monday, the first day of class, we watched a video clip from a news program that aired a couple years ago featuring the mother of one of the 9/11 victims, Ann Nelson. In the interview, she shared that when she had received her daughters personal items after the tragic event, it took her a long time to have the courage to look at what was in the box. Among those items was her daughter's laptop computer. The mother struggled for a very long time as to whether she wanted to open the computer and read what was inside. Eventually she did turn the computer on and found a list her daughter had created. It was her bucket list. It was her list of goals and dreams. It was a list of the things she wanted to accomplish during her lifetime. Two of these goals were to learn to ski and the other was to help other people. Turning a huge tragedy into a positive gift, along with the help of "New York Says Thank You", and hundreds of thousands of volunteers, "Annie's House" was built. It is an 11,000 square foot ski lodge built to accommodate and teach disabled children and US troops to ski.
So one of the things that we've learned this week is to start each morning focusing on what we are grateful for. This has been one of my greatest takeaways this week. Think of all the things that you're grateful for, first thing in the morning when you wake up. See if that doesn't get your day off to a great start! Having an attitude of gratitude WILL change the tone and outcome of your entire day. By having your own bucket list of things that you'd like to have, be, do or accomplish… Gives you something to be excited about, giving your days and activities laser sharp, "eye-of-the-tiger" focus, drive, and purpose.
So as we think about 9/11 today, and the tragedy that took so many lives, take a moment to reflect and think about what you're grateful for. Think of how some people were able to turn something so horrific into something that continues to give to others in the years that followed the tragic event on September 11, 2001-a day that started out as any other day of the week. A day that eventually changed our country forever.
What's on your bucket list and what are you going to focus on today?
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